Hebrews 7:1

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham turning back from the striking of the kings, and blessed him,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

In Context

2to whom also Abraham divided a tenth of all (first, indeed, being interpreted, “King of righteousness,” and then also, “King of Salem,” which is, King of Peace),

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Cross References

Genesis 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem has brought out bread and wine, and he [is] priest of God Most High;

Psalms 57:2I call to God Most High, || To God [who] is perfecting for me.

Psalms 78:35And they remember that God [is] their rock, || And God Most High their redeemer.

Isaiah 41:2Who stirred up a righteous one from the east? He calls him to His foot, || He gives nations before him, || And He causes him to rule kings, || He gives [them] as dust [to] his sword, || As driven stubble [to] his bow.

Daniel 5:18you, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honor, gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar:

Micah 6:6With what do I come before YHWH? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves—sons of a year?

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 7:1

The doctrine of the priestly office of Christ is so excellent in itself, and so essential a part of the Christian faith, that the apostle loves to dwell upon it. Nothing made the Jews so fond of the Levitical dispensation as the high esteem they had of their priesthood, and it was doubtless a sacred and most excellent institution; it was a very severe threatening denounced against the Jews ( Hos. iii. 4 ), that the children of Israel should abide many days without a prince or priest, and without a sacrifice, and… Read the whole commentary →

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